66566 Analysis Ready Data Benthic Cover Dry Tortugas Entity Published / External 66550 NCRMP: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2016-05-01 to 2016-12-15 (NCEI Accession 0169401) Data Set Completed 2018 Analysis Ready Benthic Cover Data Dry Tortugas 2016 Data Table Yes Defines Columns Of Analysis Ready Data Tables 5 REGION character 15 Yes No Active Mnemonic value for the refgion/location of collection 10 PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT Numeric Yes No Active A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected. 12 STATION_NR Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit. 15 Year Numeric 4 Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar year. 20 Month Numeric 2 Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar month 30 DAY Numeric 2 Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar day 35 HABITAT_CD character Yes No Active A code indicating the habitat type. 40 STRAT Character Yes No Active A code indicating the stratum in which a sample was taken. Differs by region. 45 RUGOSITY_CD Character Yes No Active A number indicating a rugosity category of low (0), high (1), or combined (2). Florida SEFCRI region only. 55 WTD_RUG character Yes No Active A number indicating the weighted rugosity, in m, of the secondary sampling unit 60 LAT_DEGREES Numeric Yes No Active Latitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees. 70 LON_DEGREES Numeric Yes No Active Longitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees. 75 MAPGRID_NR Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating gridded shapefile number 85 SUB_REGION_NAME Character 20 Yes No Active Name Associated With Sub Region Number Meters 90 SUBREGION_NR Character Yes No Active A number indicating the subregion. 115 ZONE_NAME Character 20 Yes No Active The Name Associated with the Zone Code 120 ZONE_NR character Yes No Active A code indicating the distance offshore Validated against CodeDictionary_Sept2018_ZONE_NR.csv 135 MPA_NAME Character 20 Yes No Active The name of the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Florida SEFCRI, FLK and TORT regions only. 140 MPA_NR Numeric Yes No Active A number identifying the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Zero indicates unprotected status. Validated against CodeDictionary_Sept2018_MPA_NR.csv 160 PROT character Yes No Active A boolean value indicating whether a sample was in a protected area (1), or not (0). 165 DEPTH_STRAT Character Yes No Active A code indicating less than or greater than 12 meters depths. Caribbean and GOM regions only. 170 MIN_DEPTH Numeric Yes No Active Minimum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit. cm 180 MAX_DEPTH Numeric Yes No Active Maximum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit. 210 METERS_COMPLETED Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the number of meters on the transect completed for the sample. 220 COVER_CAT_CD Character Yes No Active A code indicating the species for a sample. Consists of the first three letters of the genus and the first four of the species name. 230 COVER_CAT_NAME character No No Active The names associated with the cover category code. 250 HARDBOTTOM_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on hardbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect 260 SOFTBOTTOM_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on softbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect 270 RUBBLE_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on rubble habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect Distributor 2018 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0169401/2.2/data/0-data/NCRMP_Florida_2016_Benthics/NCRMP_Florida_2016_Benthics/Data_Sets/Anlaysis_Ready_Data/TortugasMarq_2016_benthic_cover.csv 2018 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 TortugasMarq_2016_benthic_cover.csv 2018-01-11T16:36:00 tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) 327K Uncompressed Chked Viruses Inapp Content gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66566 Lee Weinberger 2022-01-31T14:36:30 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2023-08-28 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2022-02-28 1 Year 2023-02-28